2017/01/27 by R. Moessner, S. L. Sondhi · 5 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Floquet theory #Nonlinear system #Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence #Order (exchange) #Physics #Quantum #Quantum many-body systems #Quantum mechanics #Spin (aerodynamics) #Statistical physics #Theoretical physics #Thermal #Thermal equilibrium #Thermalisation #Thermodynamics #Topological Materials and Phenomena #cond-mat.dis-nn #cond-mat.stat-mech #cond-mat.str-el #quant-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1038/nphys4106
short (6 pages) pedagogical introduction to recent developments, 2 figures
arxiv created 2017/01/27 · openalex publication_date 2017/04/24 · arxiv updated 2017/05/24 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
Equilibrium theormodynamics is characterized by two fundamental ideas: thermalisation--that systems approach a late time thermal state; and phase structure--that thermal states exhibit singular changes as various parameters characterizing the system are changed. We summarise recent progress that has established generalizations of these ideas to periodically driven, or Floquet, closed quantum systems. This has resulted in the discovery of entirely new phases which exist only out of equilibrium, such as the π-spin glass or Floquet time crystal.